1. Discuss how the classical evolutionary concept of taxonomy compares with the methods of systematics and cladistics and which one would be most useful for a taxonomist or for a nonscientist.
2. Discuss the theory of pangenesis and how Darwin would have profited from a knowledge of Mendelian genetics.
3. Discuss the theory of creationism and whether textbooks should include this theory.
4. Discuss how pollution or pandemic viruses might
affect human evolution.